Introduction
Though they are brother/sister kingdoms, each individual region isolates itself from those around them. Some isolate themselves because they pride themselves on being better than the other three, some out of hatred for one or more of their siblings kingdoms, and some simply wish to be left in peace and on their own. The four kingdoms may have seprated from each other but all of them are still highly respectful or fearful of Elphanor and will come when the High King summons them to his caslte. Elphanor itself is a netural kingdom where peace is law. Those who cause trouble or try to influence chaos in any form are punished. To try and inspire rebellion or de-throne the High King would provoke an immediate death sentence.
However, the wise old King has a trump-card up his sleeve.
On the wind there whispers an old legend about the Gods tipping the scales of fate in a way until any other that were directed to the High King's ears. The King decided to arrange each of the princes and princesses, including the heir not apart of the five kingdoms, to marry a commonder from either their own kingdom or from another. If the Royals of each kingdom could love and gain insight of the people around them who were most effected by war, he believed that just maybe they could finally look past their differences and willfully become allied kingdoms once again...
Where is the sixth crown heir from if they are not a part of the five kingdoms? Apart from the five 'land' kingdoms of the country, there is yet another kingdom. Though unlike the others, Airis is a new kingdom compared to the other five and is rapidly growing. At first, Airis was a small city off the coast of the country but now is a whole kingdom is located in the middle of the sea and has greatly prospered from the state it once was.
The High King, now an ancient man and approaching the autumn of his years is well aware that if the four kingdoms remain as they with their current levels of hostility and isolation, when his title changes to the 'Late High King' war will inevitably, in the following years, come with his passing.But since the city quickly grew into a kingdom, there are some that think that Airis should start and win a war with the five land kingdoms. Yes, it would be suicide for them to openly start a war, but with the High King not only seeking peace with the five kingdoms but also with the sea kingdom. The engagement alliance is just too tempting to refuse.
This was of course assuming that everything went as planned, but with those who are still young, one can never be certain.
Six commoners from different kingdoms have now been chosen for various reasons and will attend a ball held in the High King's castle where the princes and princesses will also be in attendance. The commoners may have heard about the princes and princesses but never before have seen them, let alone met them. Commoners were strictly forbidden from entering any Royal Palace without summons before, which hardly ever happened.
The time grows near, and the ten youngsters bound by the King's thread of fate and arranged to be married will soon meet each other at the ball...
Elphanor, the mother kingdom to the five land kingdoms. Before the war broke out, Elphanor was like the other kingdoms with being on the ground. But with magic from the powerful Warlocks and brillant Alcatrazes, the captial of Elpanhor was able to take to the skies. Even with being able to travel by air, thought even slower than a snail's pace, the kingdoms stays put in it's terriory and strangly placing peace in its citizen's mind that their rulers are watching over them. Though some of the other kingdoms are not so quick to cheer for Elphanor's accomplishment. Nobles from other kingdoms along with the Royals travel to the captial by winged beast that are found in their regions. Like nobles and royals of Tibolt, they have griffons pulling their carriages from their kingdom to the Elphanor captial. The kingdom trades with all of the kingdoms, even with Airis, and overall has decent relationships with the other kingdoms.
Urunanus- Very Common
Taura- Common
Warlock- Common
Alcatraz- Common
Ymir- Rare
Golem- Not Common
Djinn- Common
Ifirit- Not Common
Naiad- Rare
LightElf- Not Common
Dark Elf- Not Common
The Kingdom of Iroldak lies in the North, with a nearly perpetual winter climate of ice and snow. The Kingdom of Ice, as many people call it. People in this kingdom have adapted to these harsh climates buy trading with Elphan and Gai. Many commoners hunt down seals, polar bears, white foxes, and wolves for meat and trade their fur for fruits and vegetables, but it's rare for them to have "green" portions of their meal more than once every couple of months and eat nearly an all meat diet.
Ymir- Very Common
Taura- Rare
Faaras- Common
Alcatraz- Rare
Warlock- Common
Dar Elves- Not Common
In the South, there lies the Kingdom of Ruthen. Largely encompassed by desert landscapes, Ruthen boasts a nearly perpetual summer climate. The Kingdom of forgotten kingdoms, as many call it. Ruins of small and large hind in the sand domes slowly turning into dust as time goes on. A few of the Commoners of this kingdom have taken treasure hunting as their profession, while other tend to make do what they find and build inventions to improve their lives even a bit. Like Adoressa, Ruthen does trading with Elphanor and Tibolt. They mainly leather from Gaint Scorpions, skins of the various snake speices, and fruits from their oasis which that largest oasis is where the captial and castle are built on.
Alcatraz- Common
Taura- Common
Ifirit- Very Common
Golem- Rare
Warlock- Rare
Light Elves- Not Common
In the East, there lies the Kingdom of Gai, with a nearly perpetual spring climate. Gai is often called the Flower Kingdom. It is one of the most breath taking kingdoms, due to flowers always being in bloom and perfum like smells fill the air. So it's not all that big of a shock that the castle where Gai's rulers live in was made in the large and oldest tree in Gai. Healing herbs, flowers, perfums, and decorative clothing are mainly what Eden trade with both Elphanor and Iroldak. With trading with Iroldak, Gai trades their fruits and vegetables for their meat. Also Gai has a large population of many deer, elk, and rabbit species.
Nythms- Very Common
Light Elves- Common
Night Elves- Common
Uruanus- Rare
Faaras- Very Common
Golem- Not Common
Naiad- Not Common
The Kingdom of Tibolt lies in the West, with a nearly perpetual fall climate. The Rusted Gold Kingdom or the Fire Kingdom, as it is often called. Tibolt got those nicknames from their maple trees that always have red, yellow, or orange colored leaves making an illusion as if the forests are either made of rusted gold or it is on fire. The harvest of Tibolt is all year round with apples, wheat, accorns, pumpkins, and chestnuts. Many Commoners are farmers which many of them grow mainly apples and chestnuts since they are high in demand of their trading with Elphanor and Ruthen. Many people enjoy eating apple and chestnut pies along with fresh wheat bread.
Taura- Common
Oni- Not Common
Golem- Very Common
Faaras- Common
Light Elf- Not Common
Dark Elf- Rare
Nythms- Common
selkie- Very Common
Naiad- Very Common
Ymir- Rare
Oni- Common
Alcantraz- Not Common
Seer- common
Warlock- Not Common
Uranus- These are angel like beings that have different shades of white wings. They are rightous and just that hate to see a wrong doing unpunished or others are more pure hearted and hate to see pain of any kind on others. They have a ability to lift a person's mood by just by being in the room. They can do some white magic.
Oni- These are demons that love fooling the naive or causing another harm and get pleasure from it. In other words they are the polar opposite of Urannuses, and tend to highly dislike anything cute, fluffy, sugary, or nice. They can see people's inner demons like jelously or greed and use that against that person. Some are more evil than others, like some are cold blooded killers while others just enjoy tormenting or pranking. They can either manulate shadows or use black magic.
Warlock- These are humans that come from a long line of spell casting masters and still have magic in their veins. They can do a wide field of spells anything from making the mop doing the house chores to summoning thunder to strike down your enemy.
Light Elf- They have magic through their singing. The lyrics of their songs hold magic and could silent someone annoying or even change the weather. Not to mention, they have beautiful voices that are the envy to all great non-Aria singers
Dark Elf- They have pointed eared people that are long and elegant with a natural gift to play any musical instruments. Their instrument notes are similar to the Light Elves's singing with their notes holding magic.
Taura- These are fighters that have super strength compared to the rest of the other races. They could break a boulder with a punch or bend any metal. The down side to the Tauras is that have no magic or mystical powers of any kind.
Alcatraz- They are very skilled at potions. They can do any kind of potion, and most of them last forever, well, besides the love spell- but the love spell can last for a long time. For some spells they have to have certain things to make it.
Seer- These are the fortune readers, future seekers, and are telepaths. They each have one ability along with telekinesis like they can read cards, read minds, look into the future, etc.
Ymir- These are people that have the power of ice. Ymirs can create ice if they are at a high level in their skills, but usually they use what they have around them. Even though they can only control ice, they have no powers over water or steam, they can freeze water and then use it for their bidding.
Golem- Golems are elementals of the earth element. Though they can not create their element out of thin air, as long as they are on some kind of mass that was built with rock, clay, iron, etc they can control it. Not one Golem can control everything dealing with the earth element. For example, one Golem can transform metal can't control rock and another might even control sand and clay-like rock.
Djinn- Djinns are people that can control the air element. They have no need to create air since air is all around them. When a Djinn uses their abilities, the air that they are using will have a light tint of a color, which various to person-to-person, so it's not completely invisible. Some that have more control their powers can even fly.
Ifirit- These are the fire beings. Ifirits can create and control fire, even though those with a high skill can create fire. Using fire is not a resriction to them since one can say they can control heat as well. Like a user can create their own armor by increasing their body temperatures so that it can burn (or in some case even melt metal) their enemies. Though it's more common to see a Ifirit heating up their tea that grew cold.
Naiad- Naias are people that can control water and can extract water from the air if they are highly skilled. They can use any water around them, but they can not control ice or steam. They could melt the ice into water, change the water temperature into freezing or boiling temperatures, and some can also examine an injured or ill personby 'asking' the water inside the person's body.
Faaras- They are part animal and have cat, dog, bunny, etc ears and tail and can transform into their animal. Faaras will have ears, spots, stripes, feather-like features, tail or a combination of physical features. Like one Tiger Faaras might have faded stripes with a tail while another Tiger Faaras and can have ears and a tail. A Faaras can transform into the animal that they share characteristics with. Like a Tiger Faaras can transform into a tiger.
Nymths- They are plant and nature loving people that have a magical green thumb. With a simple whisper, they could turn a small seed into a full grown plant and that can talk to animals.
Selkie-- These are people that can live their whole lives underwater and never having to get air from the surface. Selkies have gills that are more visible under water but only slightly when they are on land. In the water, they can transform their bottom half into a tail of a sea creature. Some have shark, dophine, whale, angel fish, etc tails and some grow fins on their fore arms also. Like Faaras, they can't choose what sea species that they share phyiscal traits with it's something they are simply born with. Though unlike Faaras, they can not fully transform- they can only transform the bottom half of their bodies. But they can comminuate with the creature that shares traits with. Like a Dolphin Slekie can comminuate with dolphines, Trout Selkie can comminuate with trout.
The High King- Taken by Me
High King's Assistant (GM character)- Me or Co-GM if I choose one
Elphanor Princess- Taken by brigitteanncastro
Gai Princess- Taken by Kenzi
Tibole Princess- Taken by Fight The Tears
Iroldak Prince- Taken by flying monkey child
Ruthen Prince- Taken by funny guy
Airis Prince- Reserved for Kumori
(3 Male Commoners and 3 Female Commoners. It's first come, first serve with the commoner genders since I'm not assigning a set gender to the commoner that's going to be set to Elphanor. 1 Male Commoner and 1 Female Commoner still open)
Elphanor Commoner- Taken by Me
Gai Commoner- Resevred for Kenzi
Tibolt Commoner- Taken by Me
Iroldak Commoner- Taken by Kumori
Ruthen Commoner- Taken by SasoriRinku
Airis Commoner- Taken by Machubi-Uniki
Having "Mixed Blood" children is highly frowned upon in any of the kingdoms, but usually no one really notices. The reason, most mixed blood chilren mainly only have traits of one parents and usually look like the person that they have their "power" traits from. The discrimination of mixed bloods isn't directed to mixed bloods like the one described above. The type of mixed bloods that are hated, which there a very few of, are people that ave both abilities from teir parents. Though each ability is not as strong as someone that is a full blood of that race, they still can use it.
Mixed bloods can be one of these three kinds:
Mixed bloods that, only have one ability of their parents and are the least hated if they are even hated at all
Some look like one race but have abilities of the other parent, like a child that looks like a cat Faaras but has abilities of a Seer which hated but nearly as much as the last group
Mixed bloods that have both of their parent's races abilities.
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[b]Role:[/b] Prince, Princess, Commoner
[b]Which Kingdom Are They From:[/b]
[b]Background Information about Your Kingdom:[/b] (Royals Only!)Describe live in the kingdom where your character lives. this is for Royal characters only, but the royal and commoner of each kingdom could PM each other and decide what the kingdom is like. Keep the climates in mind.
[b]What's Your Caharacter's Hometown was like:[/b] (Commoners Only!) Describe what kind of life that people in your character's hometown had. Like was it a city, town, traveling circus? Were their more farmers or store owners? Stuff like that and at least 7 sentences.
[b]Age:[/b] Keep it between 18-21
[b]Race:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b] Describe what is and isn't in your pic
[b]Ablitlies:[/b] This is where you describe what exactly your character can do and spells/potions (as a list with a decription of what they do)
[b]Weapons:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b] I want seven senteces at LEAST!!!!!
[b]Bio:[/b]
[b]Who is your fiancรฉ:[/b] This will me announced after all the characters are submitted
[b]Love Interest:[/b] It would spice up the RP if the one or two of the Commoners or Royal already having a boyfriend/girlfriend back at home, but I don't want everyone having a NPC love interest at the start of the RP.
[b]Theme Song:[/b]
โTry to make your character realistic. For example if your character is a Commoner Oni from Eden, do not have them hunting for Gaint Scorpions or polar bears and is the nicest person in your home town.
โI want different types of Princes and Princesses as well as Commoners. So there's a spoiled princess, please make another type of princess. Princes and Princesses can have as creative backgrounds of their own, they don't all have to be all happy the heir to the throne with the ideal mother and father.
โI also do not want all the commoners coming on their own will or all by force. One Commoner could come freely to escape their home, another could not want to go but has to for their family's sake since the Galaoa Royal Officals offered money, etc. Be as creative as you want to be!
โI do not want to see every pairing getting lovey-dovey with each other from the get go. I don't mind if one pairing begins to love each other without much problems, but I HIGHLY encourage love triangles, secret affairs, etc.
โPlease make your post in the right location (with more will be coming soon). Galaoa is a big kingdom compared to the others. I do not want to see a character picking and smelling flowers in the Ball Room or Throne Room.
โI do not want more than 2-3 being the same race! I created 11 races for you guys to choose from and I don't want everyone's characters being only being 5 out of the 11 races.
โYou have to post once every other day (at least twice a week) and write post that it 750 words or more. If you can't do both, then please don't submit a character.
โPlay nice with the other RPers in the OOC and respect them. I really don't want to kick anyone out of the RP because they decided to be a butt trumpet and try to ruin the RP for everyone. If someone is indeed has a trumpeting butt, tey can take their musical ass out of the RP.
โYou can not kill someone's character for any reason, even if tey take the person you want your character to be with. You can FIGHT the other characters but you can't kill them. NPCs are whole other story.
โOn the topic of fighting, be fair. Meaning no auto-hitting (landing a number of attacks on someone else's character with giving them a chance to defend), not every attack is going to land just like every attack is going to be dodged, just try to be a bit realistic about the fighting.
โSwearing is allowed, but act like you have some undead brain cells and not curse every other sentence. It's stupid that people do that in real life, I don't want that here.
โFollow RPG Guidelines! Like romance is very encouraged, otherwise I couldn't have much of a RP, but keep it at PG-13 with the lovey-dovey stuff.
โListen to your GM, me, and if I ever choose a Co-GM then listen to sim/her.
โThis is the MOST IMPORTANT RULE so read it! Are you ready? The final iron rule is to have fun!!!!
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Ballroom our primary setting
This is where all the characters first meet not only each other but also their future husbands/wives
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Akilah looked over her glasses, amber eyes kind as they regarded the elderly woman before her, "Don't worry about it, Mrs. Holmes." She replied softly with as much confidence as she could muster. The truth was that she really did need the money. Her father, though rude and terrible towards her, had been right about at least one thing: she was too softhearted. Everyone in the kingdom knew that if they wanted the best potions, for cheap, they would come to her. Those who had no money, or pretended not to have money, often came with sob stories that broke her heart and convinced her in an instant to make them the potion free of charge. By taking pity on every person who walked through the door she was running out of money quickly and had been forced to eat nothing but stale bread and water all week because she could not afford anything else.
"You're an angel, sweetie. The pain has been so bad that I've hardly been able to move!" Mrs. Holmes croaked, taking a seat in the rickety old wood chair as Akilah began making the potion that would help numb the pain from her old joints.
Akilah smiled at the compliment, "You'll be feeling better in no time." She said before dropping her gaze back to the ingredients on the counter. Narrowing her eyes, Akilah used her hawk-like eyesight to measure the perfect amount of each ingredient into the cauldron in front of her. After all eight of the ingredients had been placed in she removed her glasses and stirred the pot twenty eight times clockwise and thirty six times counterclockwise, waited for it to boil for five minutes, and then carefully poured the potion into a glass bottle. It was dark violet in color and smelt strongly of birch trees and plums.
"Wait an hour for it to cool completely and then you can take a spoonful. Once you run out you can just come back and I'll make you some more, alright?" Akilah said, carefully handing the warm glass vial over to Mrs. Holmes who took it with equal care.
"Thank you so much Miss Valentina. You really are a sweet girl." The old lady said, patting Akilah on the head before hobbling out the door with her cane thumping along beside her.
Akilah sat down in the old chair, running her hand through her thick blonde two-toned hair. The feathers growing between the strands of hair twirled around her finger, making a soft rustling sound as her fingers brushed past them. She was starving to the point that she could barely think and her clothing had begun to feel quite loose around her usually curvacious frame. She dipped her head low, burying her face in her hands in exasperation at herself, when the sound of birds drew her attention.
"Galvin?" She called, her mood shifting dramatically as she sat up from her chair and dashed to the door. Her had found the handle and pulled it open to reveal the tall auburn haired Gavin standing before her with a basket in his arms. She was smiling brilliantly and self consciously fixed her hair despite the fact that she knew his white-blue eyes could not see her.
"Good morning, Aki." Galvin said in his deep charming voice, four sparrows chirping and flitting around him. His long sandy brown wings were folded behind him, the morning light reflecting off the feathers in a mesmerizing way.
"Morning. What's in the basket?" Aki asked, taking his arm and leading him into the shop. He followed her with ease, trusting her completely, and took a seat in the old chair with a grin on his face.
"I brought you breakfast." He said, hand feeling around the edge of the basket until he located the edge of the blanket and pulled it back to reveal fresh bread, juice, eggs, potatoes, and sausages that all looked delicious. Aki hugged him, thanking him endlessly, before taking the basket to begin cooking. She cooked quickly, adding herbs here and there for extra taste, and then set the meal down on the table infront of Galvin and herself.
The pair talked and ate, recalling fond memories, and were nearly done breakfast when Aki heard something odd. There were a number of men, heavy in their footsteps, approaching the shop. Her faaras hearing was strong, but she had managed to block out most insignificant sounds yet she could not block out this. Something about the purposeful way the foot falls were gave her the impression that they meant business. Not wanting to worry Galvin she quickly finished her food and began cleaning the dishes. She was just placing the final plate back in the cupboard when the door to her shop opened to reveal a dark elf and several men who looked to be tauras.
"Miss Valentina?" The dark elf asked, regarding the shop with distaste.
"What's going on?" Galvin asked, standing up unsteadily as he grasped for Akilah's hand.
Aki reached out and grasped his arm, steadying him, and watched the dark elf cautiously, "Y-yes?" She managed, her voice weak and hesitant. The colors on the man's suit suggested he was from Elphanor, but why would anyone from Elphanor come to see her?
"Let me begin by introducing myself, I'm Badic Pharalnup, the assistant to the High King. I am here to let you know that you have been chosen, by the High King himself, to be wed to one of the princes of the great kingdoms. The marriages are to act as a union between kingdoms to help prevent war." Badic said, walking towards her in slow confident steps.
"W-what?" Akilah gasped, eyes wide from shock, "I can't poss...ibly." She said, voice dropping to a whisper as Badic got closer to her. His eyes flickered to her hand which grasped Galvin's, and he frowned tightly.
"Yes, miss Valentina, you are to come with me immediately. The ball is tonight and it is there that your engagement will be announced. You will gather what ever you want to bring with you from your..." He trailed off, wrinkling his nose in dislike as he looked around the room, "home... and then join me outside in ten minutes so that you can make it to the castle in time to change for the ball." He said and made his way to the door, expecting some sort of protest but there was only silence from both Akilah and the winged boy next to her. "You're not going to fight about this? That's a change." He commented dryly.
"No... You said I have to go and that it will help prevent war. I-I have to go." Akilah said, staring at Badic with a mixture of confusion and pure shock. She was going to marry a prince?!
"Hmm... I'm glad you were last on the list. Your cooperation would have made me unrealistically hopeful for the others." He commented before turning and exiting the shop, leaving a stunned Akilah and Galvin behind.
The silence hung between the pair until finally Galvin spoke, turning to face her the best he could, "Are you really going to go and just leave all of this behind?" He asked. He wanted what was best for Akilah and if that meant she would marry a prince, then so be it.
"I have to." Akilah responded, giving his hand a gentle squeeze before leaving his side to gather her things. Within minutes she had gathered her few belongings, tossing them into an old potato sack, and returned to his side to help him out the door, "I will write to you and your mother can read the letters, okay?" She said, leading him down the steps as she relished the feeling of his hand in hers for the few moments they had left, "I'll be back to visit, I'm sure. Please take care of the shop." She added softly as they reached the ground, the carriage with the Elphanor colors emblazoned on the side sitting just down the path.
"I will but you need to promise me that you won't let some prince make you forget who you are, okay?" He said, reaching out to find her body. Once his fingertips had found her frame he pulled her into a tight hug, "Good luck, Aki." Galvin whispered into her gold and feathered hair.
"You too." She said, hugging him tightly back before releasing him and taking off towards the carriage, with tears spilling down her cheeks, without a glance back. Very few memories from Acci were good ones, so she need not look back. The only thing she would really miss would be Galvin, but she knew that one day she would see him again.
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Akilah sat in an elaborate bedroom decorated with fine furniture and brilliantly colored paintings. She had been waiting quietly for nearly half an hour, having been told that someone would bring her a gown to wear for the ball because she would not be allowed to wear the tattered dress she had on at the moment. The ride to Elphanor had been uneventful and lengthy, during which she cried softly and tried to convince herself that she was doing the right thing despite how upset she felt about leaving Galvin. They were not dating and had never confessed any feelings for each other, but she still felt like she was leaving the most important person in her life.
The door flew open suddenly and in walked three meticulously dressed women carrying gowns, shoes, and bags of makeup. They began speaking to Akilah all at once, ordering to bathe at once while they readied their things. Akilah obeyed without protest and quickly dashed into the bathroom, returning a little while later in a bathrobe that was softer than anything she had ever felt before. "Where would you like me to sit?" She asked softly, regarding the pile of cosmetics and heels on the bed as though they were weapons.
"Over here, child! Now hurry up. The ball has already begun and we have a lot of work to do before you will be presentable for a prince!" The blonde woman chirped, pushing her towards a low plush chair. Once seated the blonde woman began fixing her hair while the woman with the pixie cut began her makeup and the brunette held various dresses up and made comments like "Too short for those thighs, I'm afraid." and "My, this is cut so low that if you wear this you'll be giving everyone a free show! Next!"
Akilah sat motionlessly, not making a sound as they tugged and pulled at her hair, painted her face, and critiqued her body in every possible way until she was handed the chosen dress and shoes then told to change quickly. Not wanting to spend any more time with the women she did as she was told, pulling the dress on and doing up the low heels. "Well? Is it alright?" Akilah asked self consciously, unsure if she looked presentable for a ball.
"Darling, you look as cute as a hummingbird!" The woman with the pixie cut chimed, smiling brightly at the transformation.
Akilah wasn't sure what was so cute about a hummingbird but muttered a quiet thankyou before turning to look at herself in the mirror and nearly fell over in shock. Her usually unruly hair hung in perfect curls, the feathers in her hair curling smoothly, and lay shining against her body before stopping at her bust. Her face was dusted in a soft powder that made her skin look flawless, light gold dust highlighted her eyelids, and dark mascara drew attention to her amber eyes. Upon her feet were muted yellow-gold kitten heels with thin straps, which were surprisingly comfortable... yet the most magnificent thing of all was the dress. It was the same muted yellow-gold as her shoes with chiffon fabric that was light as air and moved like smoke around her body. It had sheer billowing partial sleeves that covered her outer arms while leaving her inner arms bare. Finally, there was a deeply cut neckline but the same sheer fabric made a panel in a front to give off the hint of her ample bosom without being indecent.
"Oh my goodness... Thank you." Akilah said, face breaking into a genuine smile at the sight of herself.
"There's just one more thing and then you must hurry to the ball. Just down the hall and on your left." The girl with the pixie cut said, walking towards her as the other two left the room without a word. The girl held our a beautiful gold filigree mask for Akilah to take, "It's a masked ball so you must wear this."
"Of course, alright." Aki said, accepting the mask. By the time she had slipped it on, using the gold ribbon to tie it securely, the girl with the pixie cut was gone.
She looked at herself in the mirror once more, still in disbelief with how she looked, and felt a self boost in confidence before she forced herself to leave her room and head towards the ball. There was no point in prolonging it any longer than possible, so she had better just hurry up and get to the ball. She walked down the halls, following the sound of music and talking, before she finally entered the ball room. It was the largest and most beautiful room she had been in in her entire life, instantly causing her to smile as though she were in a dream.
"Oh wow..." She breathed, taking in everything she could while standing off to the side so as not to bother anyone.
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She didn't seem unhappy to see him, however. She turned her still startling, scarlet eyes on him and she smiled. "Chad. Itโs been quite some time. The last I saw of you was the back of your head. You were passed out face first in the dirt after one of our sparring matches as I recall," she said, her smile turning into a smirk as she remembered the event. Chad cringed, also remembering the memory. Back in those days, he hadn't had the training that he would receive from Matthew and Hiess, and so he was a little...unskilled. Couple that with a bit of childhood stubbornness and a certain female Oni and you get several embarrassing memories.
Chad covered his face with his hand and groaned, looking mournfully at Ari. "Thanks for reminding me of that, I'd almost forgotten about all of those lovely times. Yeah, yeah, I guess I do owe you still. Here, I'll buy you a drink." He waved to the bartender and called him over, ordering another of whatever she was having and something not very strong for himself. When he had the drink, he tipped it at her and inclined his head. "To the princess," he said, the standard toast that he'd done many times when he was living in the castle, and took a drink.
The drink was very fruity, and almost cloyingly sweet. Chad crinkled his nose and set the glass back on the bar, resolving not to touch it again as he tried to get the taste out of his mouth. He'd forgotten how disgusting fancy drinks were, after living off what you could get in Ruthen. He'd probably forgotten several little details like that that he'd have to relearn if he was to pick back up his life amongst the nobility.
"What are you doing here anyway?" she asked, as if remembering that he couldn't have been called here as a noble, otherwise she would have heard about it. Chad shrugged his shoulders, distractedly fingering the stem of his drink glass. "Same reason you're here, I guess; to serve His Majesty, the High King's will. I was dragged outa the little home I'd made for myself and told that I had to marry a princess." Chad rolled his eyes and glanced out among the partying nobles. "And why do I have to marry one? To keep the different kingdoms from killing themselves. You'd think you nobles could keep the peace between yourselves without the help of an ol'throwaway like me..."
From his vantage point, he was able to see most of what was going on in the room. Most of the nobles were chatting, eating, dancing, or any combination thereof. Some people were being a bit adventurous, though, as Chad saw a guy and a girl tossing something from a balcony onto the people below. Chad cracked a smile at their actions, silently giving them his support. The world needed people like that to brighten up situations like these.
Chad turned to look at Ari once again, taking in her appearance. She'd changed a lot over the years too. Before she'd been about the same height as him, but now she looked to be much shorter than him. Her hair had grown out, falling down her back sleekly, just as dark as ever. She'd grown well, and had the elegant figure that he'd expect from blueblood lady. She truly looked the part of a princess now, and the fact amused Chad a it. The rough and tumble girl who used to spar with him was now really a princess.
"So Ari, have you been called here to get married too? I feel sorry for the guy that gets hitched to you," he teased, thinking of some poor guy trying to deal with her fiery personality.
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"It's time for the ball, High King. Everything has be prepared and all of the guests of honor have arrived," the dark elf announced after he bowed.
Alexander glanced over his shoulder at the grandfather clock, the hour and minute hands were closing towards midnight. The excitement of the ball has probably died down quite a bit and the nobles would be anxious to fine out who the heirs will wed to and the face of their future ruler couples. Thanks to Badic efforts, the news that the royals being engaged to commoners has been restricted to only the youngsters, families, and trusted servants. But the High King will have his work cut out for him after tonight. He could already see the countless meetings, paper work, and trying to explain his 'madness' to thick headed nobles that got their egos hurt by Alexander not choosing their sons or daughters to wed the royals.
The High King they gave Badic a nod and a low chuckle, "Very well. Let's make the announcement that'll either save or destroy us."
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A red velvet carpet rolled itself from the open doors of the ballroom and stopped at the foot of the throne that was already set there. Then two small lines of trumpet players took their places on the sides of the carpet, bordering it. They were dressed in Elphanor's colors, blue and white. Once they took their places, the sound of blowing trumpets filled the room and silenced the large crowd.
"All rise for Alexander Dezantro, the High King!" Announced a short chubby man before he move aside for Alexander and Badic that followed three feet behind him to the throne. As the High King sat, Badic stood on his right side and remain silence as the crowd with eager ears.
"Let me start with a thank you for all of you being here tonight for this special occasion," Alexander began with his voice surprising strong for his frail body and age. "As you are all aware, we have all gathered here to celebrate the engagement of the royal heirs of the six kingdoms. I am aware that each kingdom has their own customs to choose their crowned princes' and princess' suitors that would ruler with them, but the kings and queens accepted my request to personally arranged their marriages with people I think are suitable for them. I've planned this for some years now and I sent some of my most trusted subordinates search throughout the kingdoms. By my order, they did not search the lands and sea for noble blood, but for commoners. Out of all the populations, six commoners have been chosen to be promised to the heirs of the kingdoms."
Gasps and shocked expressions were plastered on every guest and servants when Alexander revealed that unbreed people that have no ties to society were picked over their more than worthy children. Instead of the High King choosing the suitors, he picked filthy street rats that only the gods know what sewer they crawled out from. Disapproving murmurs began to fill the room as the news sank in, but not for long. Since they were all silenced by Alexander pounding his cane on the floor to regain their attention. Only three bangs were needed to have the nobles zip their howling screamers for once.
"I know that having commoners wed the crown princes and princesses is unheard of and far more than a little unorthodox, but the arrangements have already been made and the chosen six are already in this room as I am speaking to you. Now most of you probably think I have gone mad with my old age by doing this, but I do have a reason. Everyone standing in this room has either heard or read about the Great Battle of Galaonor, and heard of the events that lead up to it. The five united kingdoms started with minor disagreements that lead up to the one battle war. I do not know the least why anyone would name that battle 'Great', since there was nothing but unneeded blood shed, killing, and it could have been the end of everything that we know. Though each kingdom is different in their own way, all the kingdoms need each other to survive - like it or not. Ruthen would be worst than the tales say if they did not trade with Elphanor and Tibolt, and the same can be said for all the kingdoms.
But why choose commoners instead of nobles? The battle of Galaonor was not fought with noble or even royals, but by commoners that placed their lives on the line for their way of life, homes, friends, and families since they believed they were in danger by somethings that nobles and royals let get out of hand instead of working it out. Out of the hundreds of lives that were lost that day, only two of them were of royal blood. The High King before me and my older brother that betrayed Elphanor and tried to destroy the harmony of the kingdoms. Only two, and the rest were common people that had their own lives and people eagerly waiting for their loved ones to come home but never did. It was the commoners that were the most effected before the battle with trading stopped and people struggled and starved, and took a large toll of the aftermath with all of the lost lives and destroyed lands that will forever remained scared. For the heirs to be married to commoners, is the best way to prevent anything like that battle to ever to occur by learning to get pass race, social status, and where they came from. The heirs will personally learn how another war would effect their life partner and their family. This is the reason I have chosen six commoners instead of nobles.
I invited the people from the young kingdom of Ari to join in this plan for peace and form an alliance with them like the five land kingdoms already share. May these special engagements secure a bright future for all of us," Alexander ended his speech and gave a nod to Badic. With the signal from the High King, the dark elf took a few steps forward and unrolled a piece pf brown parchment. "I will now announce the arranged couples, please step forward and remove your mask and stand by your fiance : Prince Xei Val Airis of Aria and Escasriet Xandar; Princess Rima Cybelle Vallombrosa of Gia and Kordoshi Sai; Princess Ariadne Quinn of Tibolt and Sado Oxbaren; Prince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen; Princess Anne Evergreen of Elphanor and Chad Hearthel; and Prince Ikar Fearlock Rayth of Ruthen and Akilah Valentina."
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The High King, looking quite gallant in his royal garb with Badic trailing behind him, approached the throne and sat down. He proceeded to explain why everyone was gathered here tonight and what the purpose was for inviting commoners to such an event. As he listened to the tale of the battle, he silently mourned the loss of his grandparents and great grandparents who all perished during the war either due to famine or battle. The reasoning was fairly sound, but he still couldn't see why he of all people had been picked to be at this event, let alone to be wed to a Princess as Badic had explained before.
"I will now announce the arranged couples, please step forward and remove your mask and stand by your fiance : Prince Xei Val Airis of Aria and Escasriet Xandar; Princess Rima Cybelle Vallombrosa of Gia and Kordoshi Sai; Princess Ariadne Quinn of Tibolt and Sado Oxbaren; Prince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen; Princess Anne Evergreen of Elphanor and Chad Hearthel; and Prince Ikar Fearlock Rayth of Ruthen and Akilah Valentina."
Since he had been told of his fate before arrival, he was not surprised when his name was called. He had destroyed his mask earlier, and made no attempt to hide the fact that he had not worn one for most of the night.
Kordoshi was a believer in fate, that there was a higher purpose for everything that happened in life. This event was no exception to him. Though he didn't yet understand why it was happening, he none the less decided that if this was to be his fate and his future, he would accept it. He walked forward to where the High King had asked them to gather, standing in front of a representative from Gai who would guide the Princess to that spot so that they would stand next to the right people. He waited to see who the woman he was now promised to marry was, with his only hope being that she was down to earth and decently quiet, as he didn't do so well with people who had a lot of energy and who always wanted to do something.
He preferred a calm and quiet atmosphere in life.
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Prince Xei listened to the High King's announcement, and was quite shocked to know that it was a commoner whom he was to be engaged to. Never the less, it could prove to be very interesting for it to be so. He walked forward with grace and dignity to where the High King had asked him to stand, and looked expectantly at the man as he awaited his future bride.
A few thoughts ran through his mind about who she would be. If she were calm and quiet, he wouldn't be too over the top with his usual pranks and jokes, as he wouldn't want to scare the poor thing too badly. Never the less, the quiet types made for a good laugh here and there. If she was full of gusto and pep, he'd have even more fun because she would be able to take the 'sudden occurrences' and 'mishaps' and maybe even try to fight back against them. That would be the most fun of all.
He almost shook with anticipation as he waited for his bride to arrive.
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"I will now announce the arranged couples, please step forward and remove your mask and stand by your fiance : Prince Xei Val Airis of Aria and Escasriet Xandar; Princess Rima Cybelle Vallombrosa of Gia and Kordoshi Sai; Princess Ariadne Quinn of Tibolt and Sado Oxbaren; Prince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen; Princess Anne Everdeen of Elphanor and Chad Hearthel; and Prince Ikar Fearlock Rayth of Ruthen and Akilah Valentina."
Anne groaned inwardly. She really hated being engaged. And now, the high King announced it. She knew that she should have escaped when she had the time to do so. But right now, she was trapped. Dead end. She could not go anywhere else, that would be a disgrace in the presence of the High King. But instead of just sitting down there, she stood up and walked up to the front, her posture like what her parents taught her. Straight back and walk gracefully, they always instructed her to do. But right now, her mind was clouded with a lot of thoughts. Like not wanting to get married. And the guy was a commoner, which was NOT common for them royalties. But since it was the High King who told them to do so, she had no choice. But she could find a way to escape, atleast until she knew about this Chad Hearthel. She could give it a shot. To know someone other than princes. But she swore to herself that if she didn't like this guy, she would escape on her own.
Walking slowly with her head high, she just held her mask in her right hand, not wearing it. The glitter on the mask irritated her, she wanted to throw it out anyway, no sense using it now. Anne finally arrived in the front, with some of the others mentioned. She waited patiently for this guy, Chad, whom she was about to marry. ' I hate this kind of thing. I want to be myself and find my own future husband ' Anne thought as she stood in front of the High King. She wore a smile that didn't mirror her real emotions, so that no one would suspect about the things she was thinking or planning to do. ' I thought I would be able to do everything for myself. Not letting anyone decide on what path in life I would go. I guess life just proved me wrong. ' Anne thought as she looked around her, waiting for Chad to step in the front.
' Here I am. Waiting for my life to be dictated. I am seriously not going to let this happen. But what could I do? ' Anne muttered lowly that no one must have heard her. She let her hair flow down her back, she was feeling cold, and she could not go home right at the moment. She was getting frustrated about what would happen. She had to admit, she was also feeling a little scared. She was nervous about the outcome of this event. It might even change her life, or maybe not. But it would depend solely on destiny. She could never know what was about to happen. Standing there, was a pleasure and a disgrace for her at the same time. She felt like she was being sold to someone and let her marry some random guy off, just for their own entertainment. If she finds out that that is what they plan on doing, she will never forgive them.
Soon, there were quite the number of people who will stand in front of the High King, and one of them will be her future husband. In case, just in case, if she embarrass herself in front of the whole crowd, and she prays that it will not happen, she might have to run to where ever her feet will bring her. And hopefully, she would not have the urge to do it. She will not disappoint her parents or the High King. And she will not disappoint all the other nobles and commoners around her.
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On the other side of the room, standing as far off to the side as possible, stood Akilah. Her heart hammered in her chest, cheeks flushed in nervous anticipation, as she listened to the High King talk. When the High King mentioned that the crowned princes and princesses of the kingdoms would be marrying commoners, gasps sounded around the room before people began making rude comments about both commoners and the High Kingโs questionable sanity. Akilah, on the other hand, shrank further away from the crowd and stared at her feet in absolute terror. She desperately wanted there to be some mistake and not have her name called, but with her luck that wouldnโt be the case.
Rima rolled her eyes at the outbursts around the room. She had never understood the separation of classes and particularly disliked it when people spoke of commoners as being lesser people. She stifled a laugh when the High King banged on the floor with his cane to silence the crowd in the way one might get the attention of small children.
Akilah listened to the High King explain his decision and felt herself agreeing with him. While her father and her had never been close, he had served as a Alcatraz during the war and had (on days when he wasnโt completely repulsed by her presence) recounted the terrible times during the war. Anything that she could do to help prevent that from happening again she would do... even if that meant losing whatever chance at happiness she had.
With the signal from the High King, the dark elf took a few steps forward and unrolled a piece pf brown parchment. "I will now announce the arranged couples, please step forward and remove your mask and stand by your fiance : Prince Xei Val Airis of Aria and Escasriet Xandar; Princess Rima Cybelle Vallombrosa of Gia and Kordoshi Sai; Princess Ariadne Quinn of Tibolt and Sado Oxbaren; Prince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen; Princess Anne Evergreen of Elphanor and Chad Hearthel; and Prince Ikar Fearlock Rayth of Ruthen and Akilah Valentina."
Akilah felt herself freeze to the spot at the mention of her name. She was engaged to the prince of Ruthen! While she had never met the man (obviously, considering she was a commoner of Gai), she had heard tales and was desperately hoping they were not true. Some of the others were already making their way forward and the sensible part of her knew that the longer she resisted the more awkward it would be to make her way to the front. So, swallowing tightly, Akilah carefully pushed her way through the crowd. The beautiful yellow-gold dress swirled around her, two-toned hair bouncing beautifully, and she tried her best to have a friendly smile on her face as she removed the golden mask to reveal her face. Her amber eyes shown brightly and intelligently, accented by the pale gold shadow. Careful not to trip she finally made it to the front and took her spot in the row of commoners while she waited for the prince to join her.
Rima, catching the name Nair in the list of royals, turned to her side to regard the handsome man. She had never met any of the other royals and had spent no time trying to memorize their names, but his suit, made out of a design of thousands of snowflakes, suddenly stared her in the face and she gave an amused laugh before carefully untying her elaborate black and gold mask, โAh, my northern neighbour.โ She said, unmasked and smiling at him with humour and new found interest.
Her emerald-gold eyes stayed locked on Nair for a moment before she glanced back towards the stage to see if her fiancรฉ had gone to the front yet. The representative of Gai stood by a tall, tanned, serious looking man with white hair. โWe shouldnโt keep our fiancรฉs waiting. Come on, then.โ She said softly, playfully nudging Nair forward before moving gracefully through the crowd. Her monarch butterfly gown stood out magnificently as she made her way to the stage, glittering shadow drawing attention to her peculiar eyes. Some whispered that they thought she was dead, for word of finding the princess had not been publically spread, but she ignored them and kept her friendly and upbeat smile on her face.
She ascended the steps and stopped in front of her fiancรฉ, Kordoshi, and regarded him quietly for a moment. He looked to be the complete opposite of her with a serious face and unfriendly posture but it did not cause her smile to fade and she said the first thing that came to her mind in a teasing whisper, โWell, at least youโre taller than me.โ
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But that didnโt mean the he was ungrateful for Rima, who was basically shepherding him back into civilization. If it werenโt for his drunken desire to still seem somewhat respectable to her, heโd of made a fool of himself by now for sure. Even at that very moment there were twenty different scenarios as to how he could really turn this event into a party. But he controlled himself, which was good considering they hadnโt taken fifteen steps back into the ballroom before the High King was announced. Nair didnโt notice at first, but a light bump at his side changed that when Rima whispered โeyes to the front.โ Nair turned to see what had bumped him and found his eyes on Rimaโs legs, which inevitably led to them trailing up her body to her head. Quickly he began to blink and slightly shake his head, not wanting to know where his mind was only moments away from wandering to, and he turned his eyes to the High King who looked like he had something important to say.
When the speech was done, Nair realized he wasnโt quite drunk enough yet. Of course, thatโs why his father sent him down here without telling him exactly why. He knew Nair would never have agreed to this. There was nothing he could do about it now though, without embarrassing both himself and his kingdom at least. Yeah, thatโs exactly what he needed, rumors of the prince of Iroldek storming out of a ball like some pissed off pubescent kid. No, heโd smile, wave, but he had no intention of marrying anyone.
As he thought about it, Nair realized that he couldnโt get married for the girl, as much as reasons for himself. He would be an absolutely terrible husband because no matter how hard the girl tried to please him, she would never be Jaden, and that was the one unforgivable fault Nair would never be able to look past. But here he was, lawfully bound to marry a girl he didnโt even have the pleasure of picking.
Who knows though, this Ai Quen may be beautiful. And itโs not like one had to be a good husband when youโre a king anyway. Great kings throughout history were still known to occasionally have a mistress, some even a fully fledged harem. Now thereโs an ideaโฆno, no point going there. That would only lead to trouble. Still, the thought was enticing.
To his side, Rima looked at him and seemed to come to a conclusion about him. She just realized who he was. Was that bad? Did she like him less now? Nair couldnโt figure out why he cared so much. Even more surprising was when she removed her mask, welcomed him as her northern neighbor, and walked up to the stage to stand in front of a man already up there. Well, that was somewhat surprising, but in retrospect Nair wasnโt as surprised as he thought heโd be. She was so different than any other girl there, there just had to be something unique and mysterious about her. It seemed to fit.
After a few moments of being alone, contemplating so many different possible ways to go about this, ideas that ranged from grabbing the closest weapon type thing he could find and killing a servant in order to cause enough trouble for him to slip out to simply sprinting for the door, Nair realized that he should probably walk up there and stand like a good little noble prince. Yes, he decided, Iโll dance for you tonight. But not after.
Eyes were on him, and Nair could tell they knew how drunk he was, that he had somehow found something they hadnโt been served. Nair had to control himself from sending off any profane gestures with his hands. It was tough. He settled for simply throwing his mask into the crowd, fighting the urge to celebrate when it landed in someoneโs drink. When he reached the stage, he looked for this Ai Quen girl, but she didnโt seem to be up there yet. Instead, he saw Rima, standing in front of her husband to be. He enjoyed spending time with her, and maybe if he was to marry her it wouldnโt have been so bad. As much as that thought was simply the booze thinking, it made sense to him. For a few moments Nair tried to subtly catch Rimaโs attention, to have her look at him again, but soon gave up and turned his gaze out to the crowd, eyes searching for his would be future wife.
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There they got their own glasses of alcohol, another piece of proof that he was not in-fact a duke, hers was a 22 year old scotch and his was a whiskey of unknown age. After an hour or so she and him were tipsy enough to find humor in the similarity of their names.
โAdmit it, you asked me to call you Kai because my name is Ai!โ the young selkie exclaimed between chuckles and sips of her drink.
โNot entirely, people do actually call me Kai, it was an unintended pun.โ The two snorted in response. They were probably drawing more attention than they should have been considering, she was pretty sure, they were both just simple but very attractive commoners. Oh well, at this point she hardly cared; she had been drawing quite a bit of attention from the moment she walked into the room. Kai had mentioned something about the likelihood of her name being Quen so perhaps she would be a future queen. As unlikely as that would be it was still a humorous comment. Adding to the joke she referred to Kai as her loyal subject once or twice.
Their fun, nonetheless, was interrupted by some very rude trumpeters and the entrance of the Grand Oleโ High King. Alexander, was it? Something of the sort. With his entrance came the full attention of the crowd including Ai and Kaiโs. Emanating from the crowd came this overwhelming aura of anxiousness. She got the vague feeling she was missing something. Something big. Something important that affected her in some way, shape, or form.
She swore if something happened that messed with her life, Badic was going down so hard he would be dead before he hit the ground.
The King started stereotypically, "Let me start with a thank you for all of you being here tonight for this special occasion,"
โYouโre welcome,โ Ai responded under her breath. The next part was something about getting the princes and princesses getting engaged to someone, โsuckers.โ She lifted her glass up to take a drink and right as the glass reached her lips the word commoner echoed in her ear and she froze.
Perhaps it was just a coincidence. Whoโs to say there arenโt more than six commoners hidden amongst the masks? Yes that was it. She wasnโt the only commoner from Airis, ha, of course.
She took a couple of sips of her scotch and started to squirm in her hair as he said he would announce the engagements. Then Badic stepped forward and she began clutching the glass a little too hard, "I will now announce the arranged couples, please step forward and remove your mask and stand by your fiance : Prince Xei Val Airis of Aria and Escasriet Xandar; Princess Rima Cybelle Vallombrosa of Gia and Kordoshi Sai; Princess Ariadne Quinn of Tibolt and Sado Oxbaren;โ so far so, good, no name and already halfway through.
Then the moment of doom, โ Prince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen.โ
โPrince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen.โ
โPrince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen.โ
โPrince Nair Romanth of Iroldak and Ai Quen.โ The glass shattered in her hand. Oh, Badic was dead but that would be after she escaped the grips of this kingdom. She stood, wiping the glass off her hands as she began to make her way to the doors she entered through.ย
โAi, where are you going?โ Kai asked. She ignored him, a slight stinging sensation began to pass through her hands and began to go up her arm. She had cut herself and she hardly cared, not yet. โAi, you canโt leave.โ He gripped her hand and she squeaked and turned around and gripped his hand.ย
โLet go!โ she grumbled, โYouโre hurting me.โ
โI canโt let you leave Ai.โ With those words he began to drag her to the place where she was apparently supposed to stand. She gripped his wrist harder and began to grimace, it seriously was hurting, and she must have had glass pieces in her hand. It wasnโt long before they reached the designated spot; he was obviously a taura if he was that strong. With an innocent smile he pushed her forward removing her mask as he did so.
โOof.โ The curious glances she was receiving almost made her laugh, what stopped her was the man that stood next to her. He smelled heavily of alcohol and would have seemed twice her age if it wasnโt for the youth that could be seen behind his beard. So this was her โbetrothedโ. Lovely, a drunkard who no doubt was like every other lecherous drunk in the room, just what she always wished for. Immediately she looked ahead eyes fixed on anything but a person. She would get out of this if she had to supposedly 'kill' herself. She absolutely refused to marry someone that would no doubt keep her out of the water and force her to conform to the rules of her society.
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"All I ever wanted was to inherit the smithery when Gramps decided to retire, and live out the rest of my happy days pounding iron. How simple and worry free of a life can you get? Who would ever think my life would turn out this screwed up just because some old fool thinks I would not only make a good wife but also a future queen at that- Maybe the Queen of the Blacksmiths," Escasriet muttered with a light joke at the end.
She began to play around with her empty glass out of boredom. That was until some guy thought to sit down at her table and drink his own brew that he brought to this 'celebration party'. Unlike the other guest that Escasriet had the pleasure of either bumping into or squeezing through as she walked inside the room, the man before her was dressed differently and didn't have the stench of nobility on him. He wasn't wearing uniforms like the waiters, bartenders, or guards but clothes that would be considered 'dress clothes' for commoners but under dressed to the peacocks strutting around. After taking a gulp out of his drink, the man turned his attention from his drink to her and held his canteen up with a grin on his face.
"Beer? Some of Tibolt's finest." He offered.
If this was back home and he didn't already took a drink first, Escasriet would have refused it. But the click was ticking towards her dooms day and there was hardly any alcohol in her system. Plus he did take a drink out of it first, so it wasn't drugged or poisoned. Which she really couldn't think of anyone that she know that would give her drugged or poisoned alcohol, but after tonight Escasriet had little doubt that more than a few nobles would.
"Eh, What the hell. I better get at least one glass of beer in me before that old goat gets in here and officially ruins my life," Escasreit accepted and held her glass for him to pour some beer in it.
After gulping down the first glass, with great satisfaction, the time had arrived with annoying trumpet horns to announce it. The High King made his pretty little speech.In different circumstances, she would probably agree with the loon old goat. But she's one of the unlucky commoners that gets thrown into the High King's madness. Though she had to admit, it was amusing seeing the arrogant nobles' reaction to the news. They looked like the High King suggested that they were going to sacrifice them and their daughters to some god to favor them. A fat old noblewoman even fainted at the news.
"Just please tell me that damn elf made a mistake bringing me here instead of some other girl," Escasriet prayed, not caring if anyone overheard her or not.
It was as if Badic himself overheard her and wanted to crush any little light of hope that she had, or just plain getting back at her for calling him 'damn elf'. Either way, the damn elf just had to call her name first. Hoping that all of this was just some weird drunk dream and it was going to be over soon, Escasriet rose from her chair and made her way to the center of all the blastin' attention- in front of the High King and who she thought was Xei.... Her future husband.
When she made it there, she did as ordered and took off her mask. Pretty glad to finally be rid of it, it was really starting to get on her nerves more so than before with irritating her skin. Her confident, stubborn blue eyes set on the prince that the old goat paired her up with. 'Great.... Not only am I engaged to a pretty boy I don't even know, a prince, but lives in the middle of nowhere in the sea?.... Someone PLEASE kill me.
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The poor boy is betrothed to a beautiful, but energetic young woman. I doubt that he'll be able to keep up with her in the slightest, though it would probably make for a good laugh if he tried anyway. He thought to himself.
Moments later, a gorgeous young woman with bright pink hair came forth and removed her mask. She took her place beside him and gave him a look that practically screamed, "why me?". Xei smiled to her warmly, and bowed his head to show her respects.
Inside he was laughing uncontrollably. His bride to be was a serious young woman who would more than likely begin to hate him if she found out about his pranks, which made him all the more determined to make them count while he could for she would likely kill him if she found out he was behind them.
"Greetings my lady, my name is Xei. I am the Prince of Airis, a land founded in the seas. I hope sincerely that the two of us will get along well, as a country can only succeed if its rulers are as one with each other and their people." He said in a casual but happy tone.
This is going to be veeeeeeeery interesting. He thought to himself.
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Kordoshi had noticed the man from before looking over at him and he scowled back, letting him know he didn't appreciate the man's eyes on him. His attention was drawn away, however, as a beautiful and tall young woman suddenly appeared by his side.
The thing that he noticed first were her eyes. They were amazing, and somewhat captivating to him. The way the colors swirled and mixed in green and gold at first looked almost fake, but they were very real and he was taken aback by her appearance as she stood beside him with a smile.
โWell, at least youโre taller than me.โ She whispered to him.
He could feel his face flush slightly as he continued to look at her, and so he turned his head away and looked forward, but slightly down to hide his eyes and his upper cheeks behind his long beige hair. He had never in his life spoken to a Princess, nor had he met or seen one so beautiful. He was speechless that this was the woman who was chosen to be his bride. If this was a joke, just to laugh at Kordoshi for his rough and isolated lifestyle, than it was a joke taken too far by the High King.
This can't be happening... it just can't be happening!... Not to someone like me... He thought.
Kordoshi had always been nervous around women, having been separated from normal society for so long. He had always been alone, having had his family taken from him as a child. The memories came back in a torrent of unpleasant visions and illusions. He involuntarily flinched at the thoughts, clenching his teeth and closing his fists as they shook by his sides. After a moment he was able to calm down, after he forced the memories away. He had to work very hard to stop a tear from falling down his cheeks as the image of his little sister walked in front of him as she had done the day before her death.
Kordoshi heaved a sigh as he finally gained control, and looked over at the Princess beside with a smile.
"I am pleased to meet you, Princess... I am far from perfect, but I hope that you'll be able to put up with me long enough for us to at least be friends." He said in an even and warm tone, his expression soft and kind.
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Before he left his room, Sado made sure to refill one of the gourds with his own personal supply of homemade alcohol. Only 1/4 of his luggage was clothes, shoes, tooth brush, etc while the rest was either already made perfectly aged whine, beer, rum, and ale that was 'cheated' with his family's aging potion. Other than the personal items and alcohol, were ingredients to make more aging potions and his nighty-night gas also his unfinished projects and tools.
Armed with his rum filled gourd and funny outfit, Sado walked around the ball room around the room. He might as well enjoy the party, but when he approached people. They would stick their nose in the air with a little 'hmph!' and acted like they didn't hear him. With the last person he tried to socialize was, which was an elderly woman that had way too much make-up on to try to appear decades younger than she was but had the opposite effect, she rudely questioned about his 'tacky, unrefined, ugly hate' before she done what everyone else before had done and sticked her wriggled nose in the air and ignored him.
"Well, that was just plain unfriendly-like of them." Sado joked to himself, shrugging the arrogance of nobility like it was nothing special. Why go out of your way to please someone that's never going to be please, and why go out of your way to prove something to someone in hopes of changing their minds? Either way sounds too much hassle for Sado to deal with.
Instead of going through the polite hello, in other words a "Hey, what's up? You folks got invited too?", and just ended up being ignored, Sado went to sit at one of the tables. There were a few nobles already seated and were boasting about something or another over their fruity little drinks that they call alcohol. The nobles' behavior really didn't effect Sado even if they were mocking and looking down at him, but calling their weak drinks alcohol was a little more than a disgrace to his family's art. Instead of taking action to their ignorance of what makes a real drink a drink, Sado likes to plan around with the idea of since they drink those funny looking cocktails, they probably couldn't handle the weakest of beers and lose their lunch back up where it went down.
Less than half of the table had people on it but they were all on one side of it. So, the orange haired funky hat wearing man took a seat the opposite end. When he sat, the nobles at the table stopped talking and shot glares at him. "Do you mind? We were in the middle of a VERY important conversation... Not that I expect the likes of you to understand," a silver haired gentleman with signs of age directed at Sado, who was already gulping down some of his homemade rum from his gourd. Sado simply rose a confused brow and looked at the small pack of annoyed high class people.
"I'm pretty sure me just chillin' out here for a few moments isn't going interrupt you fine folks' business. Maybe some rum would help smooth out any bumps in the road? It's one of the best darn things that would ever touch your lips, I tell you what. So how about it, folks?" Sado offered with his huge lazy grin while holding up his gourd.
The expression of shock was plastered on all the faces of the nobles, Sado's improper and inform speech just offended them to no end. Not to mention offering them a drink that probably already had his back wash in it, actually made one of the young ladies of the group dash to the nearest restroom. The silver headed gentleman cleared his voice and gained the attention of his wanted company.
"I say, we better journey else where before this ruffian's crudeness infects." He suggested with a murmur of agreements from the small group before they got up and left Sado all alone with his gourd.
Still confused of what actually happened, "Was it something I said or do I just smell?" With a quite pit check while no one was looking, "Nope, I guess they had something to go to. Oh well, more rum for me~"
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Sado must have dozed off from boredom, since the next thing he knew was falling out of his seat and crushed into the floor when loud trumpets suddenly started to play. In the process of falling, his gourd also fell into the floor and round under the table. It only took a few moments for Sado to get back to what little sense that he had and dusted himself off as he got back to his feet and took noticed of the High King walking into the room.
As the High King was making his speech about something or another, Sado's hand went to the place on his belt that he always keeps his gourd to only to find it missing. Turning his back towards the crowd and the High King, he looked on and around the table he was napping at moments before and somehow ended up under it and located his gourd. With victory of finding the drink holder also comes disappointment when he tries to take a drink from it. Empty as a desert during the hot season, as his Grandpa always said. "Aww, why's all the rum gone?"
"Princess Ariadne Quinn of Tibolt and Sado Oxbaren"
"Huh? Did someone just call my name?" Sado asked as he got out from under the table and once again stood to see what was going on. It seemed like his name was called to join the some people in front of the High King. "Oh! Don't tell me it's time for the engagements already?" He said to himself, clearly not hearing what was said before Badic called his name.
It only took a few minutes for him to get through the sea of stubbornly placed nobles and take his place on what he thought was the commoners side.... Since the girls that were there didn't look to happy to be here. His gaze went from the faces of his fellow commoners to a familiar strict expression on a certain dark elf.
"Hey-ay! What's up, Elf Dude- I mean Mr. Badic. The last time I seen you was after than crazy weird flying carriage travel hours ago. So whatcha doi-" Sado's easy going conversation was cut off by a glare of all glares from Badic, even making Sado realize that this was quite the right time to shoot the breeze. Taking off his mask, Sado quietly waited to finally see the woman that funny fate decided to match him up with.
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Taking his time, the High King ascended to his throne, several people-his advisors, Chad guessed-stood around him. After giving everyone a moment to get over the shock of his arrival, he started right into his speech. Chad was impressed by the way the king spoke and how he held himself; even though he was much older than the rulers of the other kingdoms, he found a way to be even more imposing than them. His voice was firm and loud, and spoke of the authority that the man wielded. Chad had only seen the king once before, as a little boy sporting a black eye from a fight with his twin, but even at that young age he had felt the same way upon meeting him. Chad smiled wistfully, finding it odd the way that the king connected both of Chad's lives in a way that no one else really did.
The king went on to explain the reasoning behind why they were assembled there. Many probably already knew why, having been invited much like Chad had to come, and several others had probably been able to define the purpose of the meeting. Many people didn't know why, though, and they were shocked when they heard. Considerably more people were even further shocked when he spoke off who was being married, meaning: that lowly commoners were to marry the assembled princes and princesses.
Chad couldn't help but correcting the king in his head. You mean your team gathered five commoners and one baby blueblood that you dragged here against his will to play the role of a commoner.
Noticing the forming uproar, the king promptly called for silence by banging his rather dangerous looking cane. Chad cringed at the noise it made, knowing that he wouldn't like to be on the receiving in of a whack from that. As everyone quieted, the king went on to explain himself. He started to explain about his reasons for marrying the commoners, saying that it was to prevent another conflict like the war that they had ravaged the land before. He spoke in rather great detail about the war, explaining about how terrible it was and how much they needed to prevent it from happening again.
As the king spoke, Chad tried to picture it in his head; he tried to envision the continent engaged in one giant battle, with everyone fighting for one goal. He tried to picture hundreds, even thousands of people like Matthew, dying each day trying to protect the land that they loved...but he couldn't. He couldn't think about nameless people in the same way he thought about Matthew. He didn't know them; he didn't owe them anything, and owed Matthew the world. Why was he even here, trying to prevent these unknown people from killing themselves? None of them could possibly...no one could possibly be as important as Matthew.
And then a face came into Chad's mind, and it stilled his protests, replacing the rising anger with sickening dread. He saw a younger Lugh sprawled over the body of an older man whose chest was covered in red that matched the red shade of his hair. The older man had been run through by at least a dozen arrows before he fell, and Lugh was desperately trying to pull them out of the corpse of his father, cutting his fingers on the spiked shafts of the arrows.
Chad gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, suddenly wanting to kill someone, anyone, who caused that. A few of the nobles were snickering quietly, joking amongst themselves about the old king and his outdated beliefs about preventing war. One of them piped up, saying that a war like that was exactly what they needed to change the way things were.
That's why you're doing this, to prevent these people from killing all of those people who love their home so much they'd die for it. To protect them from their rulers who would expend them just to get more power, he told himself, resolving to not waste the chance he'd been given to finally atone for Matthew's death.
"Princess Anne Evergreen of Elphanor and Chad Hearthel," Badic called out among the other pairings, making Chad look pointedly at the elf as a smile begin to form on his face. He didn't know if he had invoked the power of either God or the Devil with his vow, but one of them seemed to have heard him. This was how he was going to assure that no war would break out; he was going to marry the princess of Elphanor. One day, that princess will become the queen, and then her husband will become the king. Meaning, one day, Chad will become the king of Elphanor...one day, he'd sit in the High King's seat.
Chad looked at the High King and saw the smile forming on his face from the princes and princesses assembling in front of him with their matched commoners. Chad nodded slightly in his directions and spoke out to him with unvoiced words. Don't worry King, none of these nobles are going to kill each other once I take the throne. If I have to do it by having my men on every street of every capital, by shadowing every noble from each kingdom and hushing the outspoken ones, then I will. If I have to play the politics game to control them, then I'll become an expert at it. I'll prevent another war if it takes everything I have. The king had just set up a mercenary to inherit his throne, and when he did...
Chad made his way forward, pushing past the crowd to get to the throne. He looked at the others who were gathered there, noticing the ones that were already paired up. Then he spied one little lady who was obviously a princess, dressed as finely and looking as pampered as she did. She was young and beautiful, practically exuding an innocence that attributes to one that doesnโt know how the rough world tumbles.
God was smiling on him again; she'd be easy to manipulate once he learned how to control her. He approached her and tapped her shoulder, drawing her attention to him, and then bowing to her slightly in the customary way. He took her hand and placed a chaste kiss to the back of it, glancing up at her and tipping an imaginary hat on his head. He introduced himself with an excitement that was genuine, elated as he was at the opportunity before him.
"Chad Hearthel, at your service, Princess Anne."
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Nair didnโt bother himself with them though. At the moment, he was trying to figure out what he was supposed to do with her, this Ai Quen, his, for the time being, future wife. Gathering up all the sobriety he had left, Nair gave a small, personal bow, and spoke at a volume which only she could hear. โThis isnโt how I thought Iโd meet my wife,โ he began, still in his bow, staring at the floor. There was a tint of sadness in him which he couldnโt control, considering he had long since proven himself to be a rather emotional drunk. โAnd I doubt this is how youโd meet your husband. For now, please, just smile for them, and we can figure this out, yeah?โ Nair looked up at her from his bow, his eyes meeting her own.
There was so much running through his mind that Nair wanted to tell her, but he knew he could not at the moment. What she must be thinking! She had no reason to view him as anything other than any of the many pompous, drunk nobles in the room. Peasants usually have a negative outlook on life as it is, and Nair was already ruining his first impression on her. Finally Nair stood from his bow and looked around the room. There was no point staying at the party, for now.
Raising his voice this time so that everyone in the surrounding area could hear, Nair addressed Ai. Except this time, unlike when he bowed and spoke only to her, his voice had a sense of power behind it, the kind of power one would expect out of a prince and future king. โI believe it would be best if we retire for now, to become further acquainted. Weโll be sent for if weโre needed further.โ Nair extended his arm, and thanked the stars when she took it, before leading the two of them away from the party. On his way, he turned to the High King. For only a moment he allowed his anger to show on his face. It wasnโt the anger of a pissed off teenager, but that of a prince who did not like anyone meddling in his own affairs.
They walked in silence out of the party into a corridor until they reached Nairโs quarters. Seeing as they were soon to be wed, there was little reason for social boundaries anymore. Once inside, Nair poured himself a glass of water and collapsed onto a chair. The room was lit by a few candles spread out throughout the room, though the main source of light came from the fireplace near where Nair had sat down.
Nair looked up at her from where he sat, drinking his water, trying to sober up. In the blink of an eye she wasnโt Ai anymore, but instead his own love. With the next blink Ai had returned, and Nair covered up a single tear that he prayed she hadnโt seen. โWell,โ he said. Then he realized that he had no clue what he was going to say next and fell silent again.
โFuck,โ he whispered to himself, and then looked back up at her, โthis is just fucked up, isnโt it?โ He laughed. โIโve no idea what to do now.โ Try as he might, Nair couldnโt find any more words. He wished he could hear her speak. What she thought actually mattered to him, especially now when everything was so fragile. Nair finished off his glass of water, and leaned back into his chair. โNot exactly what you were expecting, either?โ
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Anne looked at her watch and sighed. If she was back in her kingdom, she could have been training with the palace knights. Of course, without her parent's consent. If they were to know about this, she would be so dead. Only her private maid and the knights know about this secret. She would currently be having a combat with a knight, if she was not at the ball. " God, how I want to go back to the palace " Anne muttered so low that she was really sure that no one heard her. She looked again at Chad, not showing what she was thinking about him. If it weren't for her kingdom, she wouldn't really be marrying anyone. She would just have fun ruling her own kingdom and helping other people like commoners and being like one of them, if possible, even just for a day. She didn't trust this guy beside her. And she didn't trust the High King too. She might be sadistic sometimes, but it does not really matter to her what other people think.
She glanced at everyone around them. The nobles were pointing to her, for whatever reason they had, she did not know. Like it mattered to her anyway. But then it doesn't. Currently, the boredom was killing her. She would happy to literally kill a person randomly just to get out of the place. Deciding that there was nothing she can do, she decided to talk to Chad.
" Good evening, Mr. Chad Hearthel. Are you enjoying the evening right now? Tell me more about yourself " Anne asked him in an innocent way. Yet, something tells her that her sweet words have some poison in it. She do want to know more about him, hoping that she was wrong about Chad. But her instincts were never wrong. It happens all the time. And she turns down every guy all the time. She just could not do it here, where everyone is watching. She would be a big disgrace to her family if she does something not appropriate. Especially when she has this certain attitude where when she is enjoying doing something, whether good or bad, she won't be able to stop herself. And in her case, she has the urge to do something really ...devastating.
" And anyway, are you happy to be here? Or are you just pretending to do so? " Anne could not resist the urge to ask the question. Whether it will surprise her or not, it doesn't really matter for her. Many people did say that she can be stupid sometimes. And everyone knows that stupidity can be very dangerous. This was a part of her personality that she kept well-hidden, until now. She had never been this disrespectful to anyone even to commoners. But now, she just had to keep herself protected from all the people around her.
She won't be pushed around anymore.
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Her dark brows knit together in confusion, wondering what on earth he was thinking about. She was about to say something when he suddenly sighed and looked towards her. His previously serious face broke into a smile as he spoke.
"I am pleased to meet you, Princess... I am far from perfect, but I hope that you'll be able to put up with me long enough for us to at least be friends." He said in an even and warm tone, his expression soft and kind.
Rima returned the smile with a brilliant one of her own, pleased that the man before her was no longer wrapped up in dark thoughts and emotions, "Nobody is perfect, Kordoshi." She responded with a laugh, as though his modesty were very cute, "I imagine you'll be the one that will need to put up with me, if this conversation is any indication of our future interactions." She added, reaching out and taking his hand without a second thought. The electric connection she had felt with Nair was not there with Kordoshi, but holding Kordoshi's hand was not unpleasant.
"Come on then, let's go to our room and get some rest." She said, leading Kordoshi off the stage and down a long winding hall while still holding onto his hand.
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The only time her hazel eyes opened was when the prince before her, what was his name, Fair Romance, spoke. He was slightly bowed his eyes focused on the floor rather than her, something many of the women in the carnival found annoying. She was one of them, if you were going to talk, talk to her face, not her feet, not the floor, and most certainly not her chest. However, for the first time, she recognized to show of respect in the act. He was a prince, she was a peasant and she hated to admit it but this was the ultimate way of showing respect in the world of nobility. Sheโd let him off the hook, this time.
When she did actually listen to the words he said he did not slur as one would have thought a drunk to do, he was actually, almost, crystal clear though he was speaking a bit under his breath making it a little hard for her to hear him. โThis isnโt how I thought Iโd meet my wife,โ he started, she almost missed the slight hint of sadness in his voice that she wasnโt entirely sure he meant for her to hear, then he continued, And I doubt this is how youโd meet your husband.โ She almost scoffed, โyou got that right, honey,โ she thought to herself, โFor now, please, just smile for them, and we can figure this out, yeah?โ She was already smiling so that wasnโt much of an issue. The โfigure this outโ part was a slight problem considering she already had a few ideas in mind that she wasnโt planning on sharing with anyone.
He then announced that he and she were going to retire, the authority in his voice, it was amazing, attractive even. Lana would have gone goo-goo-gah-gah over it. Ai, if she werenโt as annoyed as she was probably would have made a move on him just for the fun of it; that is if it was necessary, though she was already temporarily engaged to him. Although, now that she thought about it, seducing a prince would not end well no matter how she looked at it.
What most people didnโt know was that Ai has never even kissed a man, except on the cheek but that hardly counts. Lana told her once that the greatest gift of all is the gift a girl could only give once. Thus, the funniest part of the game of seducing was the end, the part where she shuts the man down completely. Now a prince probably would be a lot harder to shut down without insulting him and causing some sort of international crisis. Now letโs add some alcohol. Men were touchy as is, a drunken man is worse than a woman during a certain time of the month.
So, when Fair Romance offered his arm to her an internal crisis occurred, she didnโt want to give these nobles the pleasure of associating her with a barbarian but she didnโt want to lead the prince on. Decisions, decisions. In the end she took his arm with a severely clenched jaw and a grin to hide her annoyance. The only real thing driving her was that she had absolutely no idea where to go once outside the ballroom and she was hoping he did.
She decided quickly that, though he did know where he was going, he was most certainly not taking her to her room. Internally, she violently kicked herself, and twice considered kicking the prince but decided against it. He was bigger than her, more than likely stronger than her and her dress was heavier than the world.
They reached what she assumed to be his room, it was larger than his room and even contained a fireplace; she snorted slightly. He plopped himself down in the nearest chair, allowing her to remain standing by the door. She watched as he poured himself a glass of water.
Then he looked up at her. For that one moment she felt as though he wasnโt looking at her, but someone else. Unconsciously she took a step back. He blinked and all was normal again, well except for remaining awkwardness and heaviness of the air in the room. Something caught the fire and danced for a moment, a dance that seemed like something she would do. Was that a tear? Alas, it was gone by then and she was left wondering if she had indeed seen one at all.
He spoke, at least he was straightforward. He admitted freely that he had no idea what to do, she had some ideas. Just none he would share. For another moment he seemed at a loss for words, and quickly asked her a question. โNot exactly what you were expecting, either?โ Most definitely not, for a moment she looked at the dancing flames of the fire place, why did she feel as though they were dancing in celebration of her current misery. Perhaps their celebration was of something else entirely something only the short lives of the fires could know.
She looked the prince in the eyes, her own gentle, as they would be in a dance of the unknown. How else would she greet the great unknown of destiny? She answered simply in a quiet voice barely louder than the crackling of the fire, she would prefer not to be talking but on some occasions body language wasnโt appropriate. โNo, no it was not.โ
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Kordoshi's mind raced in five directions at once. Rima was now holding his hand and dragging him away from the ceremony, telling him they should get some rest, and her energy was quite overwhelming as it usually wasn't possible to simply drag Kordoshi anywhere when he put up a fight, which he was trying to do but she was stronger than she looked.
"W-wait a minute Princess!" He called to her, trying his best to stop her.
It was no use, she had her mind made up as to what they were doing and he couldn't get his footing fast enough to stop her from dragging him down the hallway. It was somewhat embarrassing for him really, but at the same time her willingness to do what she wanted without question was rather cute.
Still...
This is going to be a long few days while we wait for the ceremony to officially come to an end and await the weddings... He thought to himself.
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It was fun everyone!
Maybe I'll see you guys around sometime again!
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By the way, welcome back Kenzi!! We missed you!!
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I'm very disappointed to see that absolutely nothing has happened in the RP.... is everyone still committed to this but just busy with the holiday season? Or have people bailed without saying anything?
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I'm too used to RPing as girls and normally shy away from guys, especially asshole ones, so it's been a little challenging getting to the arrogant Ikar's head and make a freakin' post. Anyway, IT WILL BE UP BY TONIGHT OR SUPER EARLY TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!!
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Well I think the whole point of this was to say that I am working on a post...sort of, I have to start over cause I can't remember half of the point of a sentence on a regular basis but hey, love me anyways! Fortunately I got most of it don before my overdramatic fail! Perhaps Epic rather than overdramatic...ugh. Well, I was saying something important.
OH post. I almost have it done! Alright I'm done...I think. I'll come back and add more if I happen to remember something in this fuzzy fog.
Your very own,
~M
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Warm Wishes for the rapidly approaching holidays,
-Rinn
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I'm thinking of also adding a lake location so that our Ari people would swim a little if they want.
There's also an important announcement on the last post on page four if you guys hadn't read it.
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Anyway, since Fight for Tears did not post, though she didn't log in since the 6th, she's out because she said she would have her post up... five days ago. So instead of asking you guys to take on another character. Or one of you guys make a new character or find a replacement RPer, and then have to wait on them to make an intro/catch up post. I'm dropping the Tibolt Princess out along with my own male commoner Sado, to prevent waiting even longer to get the RP moving and having an extra commoner that would make things more confusing since it would make more sense for both a royal and commoner to drop if able.
But I'll briefly control the Tibolt Princess until the first day and then think of a reason that her and Sado are set home. I'm open to suggestions on that. Anyway, after my post tomorrow (after I crash for a few hours due to brain death) I'll go more in detail about the Christmas RP event.....
Is it just me or did more people post on the same day after I announced the holiday event? Maybe I should have more of the RP's plot post in the OOC? Lol
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Since it is December and we all know what that means: Christmas, Hanukkah, and the up coming of a new years! After everyone post placing them in front of the High King, we'll go through the first day and then have a time skip and jump to a week-two weeks (it's still undecided) and have a Christmas-like holiday that all the kingdoms know and celebrate, but usually in their own ways. I'll have more to announce about this event when we get things moving.
Also, brigitteanncastro. I hadn't heard anything for you in over a week but you have posted and had Anne come forward to meet her future husband, I'm just a little concerned about when things get moving that you're going to post regularly since I noticed you joined some more RPs.
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And for future reference: Never think I'm not going to post, because I always will (Although you may have to wait a bit, since my life has the annoying quality of either giving me too much free time or not enough at all). I just have trouble posting in the OOC because, well, it's a bad habbit of mine...
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I'm pretty sure it's not going to die since only Sasori hasn't said anything about posting while the rest have either already posted or going to post soon.
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Remember, your character doesn't have to marry the person that are arranged with and rules for breaking their engagements will come a bit later.
I'll have all my characters catch up by tomorrow. So Fight for Tears, if you want to have your next post including Kale with seeing his princess walk to the High King to meet the man that would be her future husband. I'm going to have Escasriet accept the drink offer and probably saying something like "Finally, some real alcohol." If you want to do a little dialog thing before I get her post up tomorrow, you can PM me and we can work it out,